Patricia Allen, of Denver, Colorado, passed away peacefully, in the
hospital, with her daughter and daughter's husband by her side, due to
complications of emergency surgery.
A Celebration of Life open house
will take place in the afternoon on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at her
daughter's home in Englewood, Colorado. More details will be
communicated prior to her celebration.
Pat was born in Hays, Kansas, to John and Josephine Grabbe on January 14, 1939. While growing up on
her family's farm and being heavily involved with 4-H, she discovered her
passion for fashion, sewing, cooking, interior design, and
entertaining. Pat won many prestigious 4H and Who's Who state-wide
awards for her leadership in many areas of accomplishment. Pat moved to
Denver, Colorado, to start a modeling career and while attending modeling
classes she landed a job as the secretary to the Vice President of
Exploration, Land, and Development of Chevron Oil, Western division. She
married William Allen, an IBM Systems Engineer, on March 7, 1964. Bill
was transferred to Chicago, Illinois in 1969, and in 1972, their
daughter Julie was born. Pat, Bill, and Julie moved back to Colorado in
1977 but moved to the suburbs in Englewood.
Pat started her own home
accessory business "Brass and Copper Etc." and also dove into the
interior design industry. Pat was the sales director for the Colorado
Garden and Home Show, Sales manager for the Rocky Mountain Electronics
Expo, and assisted and managed various on-site new home sales
communities. Pat's only daughter Julie, gave birth to her twin
granddaughters, Mackenzie and Madison in 2007. Pat left home sales and
worked part-time for International Villa and took care of her
granddaughters 2 days a week until she retired in 2012. Since
retirement, Pat kept herself busy spending as much quality time with her
loving granddaughters "the twins" and the rest of her friends and
family.
Friends and family of Pat will remember her kind, caring,
graceful, and loving light that made everyone feel special, valued, and
loved. She will be missed by all that knew and loved her.
Pat is
survived by her daughter, Julie Williams, Julie's husband Matthew
Williams, and their twin 14-year-old daughters, Mackenzie and Madison,
Englewood, Colorado, her brother Paul Grabbe, (Hays, KS), her sister,
Rosemarie Fischer (Washington, MO), and her nieces and nephews.